Intel has announced its new chips at the same time that Acer and Lenovo are the first to release press releases about new notebooks with the Core Ultra CPU.
Updated, 4:40 p.m.:
Intel has officially revealed Meteor Lake, the nickname for Core Ultra CPUs. Check out the highlights of the clip below, in addition to the company’s “AI everywhere” venture. Besides AI, Intel boasts that the new chip is better in all areas: computing, graphics, CPU performance and battery life.
Meteor Lake is built with Intel’s “3D performance hybrid” architecture in combination with a 4 nm. process.
The Intel Core Ultra laptop family is the first built on Intel 4 process technology and the first to benefit from the company’s biggest change in 40 years, delivering Intel’s most power-efficient client processor and ushering in the age of AI PCs. The AI PC represents the biggest transformation of the PC experience in 20 years, since the launch of Intel Centrino laptops to connect to Wi-Fi from anywhere.
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At the same time, of course, several manufacturers are hanging on and have announced new products with the CPU on board, including:
- ThinkPad X1 Carbon
- ThinkPad X1 2-in-1
- IdeaPad Pro 5i
“These laptops are designed to open up new AI experiences on PC, and increase productivity, creativity and efficiency. They are Intel Evo laptops powered by the latest Intel Core Ultra processors and Windows 11,” the company reports in the press release.
Intel Core Ultra features Intel’s first on-chip AI accelerator – the Neural Processing Unit, or NPU – to enable a new level of power-efficient AI acceleration with 2.5 times better power efficiency than the previous generation.
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Acer has already announced machines with new Intel CPUs
Intel’s unveiling is not until 16:00 today Norwegian time, but the manufacturer does not seem to care about that and has revealed the new Swift Go 14 with Core Ultra and the Predator Triton Neo 16 gaming laptop with the same Intel Core Ultra. Note that they don’t go into detail about the new CPUs, but reveal the rest of the specs.
Prices
- Swift Go 14 (SFG14-72) will be launched in Norway in the first quarter of next year and costs from NOK 12,490.
- The Predator Triton Neo 16 (PTN16-51) will be launched in the first quarter of next year and costs from NOK 22,490.
We can deal with the Swift Go 14 first, a machine that is not intended for gamers, but with an AI focus, as that is the big advantage of the new Intel chips:
…its new integrated Neural Processing Unit (NPU), to deliver efficient computing performance of AI workloads and immersive experiences on the thin and light laptop. Students, professionals and creators can take advantage of the Swift Go 14’s range of AI features such as Acer PurifiedVoice and Acer PurifiedView for video conferencing and customization tools on the OLED display machine. Tasks and workflow are also made easier with Microsoft’s Copilot in Windows 11.
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Specifications:
- 2 x USB C
- HDMI 2.1
- MicroSD
- Intel Wi-Fi 6E
- Intel Bluetooth LE Audio
- 1,32 kg – 14,9 mm
- 2.8K (2880 x 1800) OLED – 100 pixels DCI-P3
- VESA Display HDR True Black 500
- 90 Hz
- Option: WUXGA (1920 x 1200) touch screen
Game machine Predator
These can be supplied with RTX 40 video cards and have a 16-inch screen with up to 3.2K resolution and 165Hz speed.
The state-of-the-art cooling system combines a 5th generation AeroBlade fan and liquid thermal grease on the processor to keep it running at full steam, while users get the best communication and device management thanks to AI-enhanced Acer PurifiedVoice 2.0 software and the PredatorSense™ utility app. This Windows 11 gaming PC also provides gamers with amazing performance experiences and one month of Xbox Game Pass for access to hundreds of high-quality PC games.
Acer
Specifications:
- 2 x 16-inch display options with up to 3.2K resolution – 165 Hz – 16:10
- Calman-Verified
- DCI-P3 100 displays
- Nvidia Advanced Optimus
- Nvidia G-Sync
- Acer Purified Voice 2.0
- 5th Gen AeroBlade3D
- Upgraded Predator Sense 5.0 app
- Dedicated PredatorSense key
- HDMI
- 1 x USB-C Thunderbolt 4
- Micro SD
2023-12-14 15:40:00
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